Bi-Lo adds nutrition tags to shelves

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Bi-Lo has developed and launched its own nutritional tagging system that identifies healthful attributes in particular foods.

The retailer said the system features a wide range of categories established by Bi-Lo’s registered dietitian, Monica Amburn. Amburn said the system allows customers to create positive attitudes about healthy eating.

The tags highlight such benefits as "low sodium" or "an excellent source of vitamin C," as well as gluten-free and organic products.

To complement the nutrition tags, Bi-Lo pharmacists also now offer shoppers complimentary “nutrition tip lists” to help customers better understand how to choose appropriate foods throughout the store to better manage their own health conditions.

“These tiny additions to our store will help shoppers find foods that are just right for them, whether they are trying to eat healthier or need assistance managing specific health conditions, such as diabetes or celiac disease,” Amburn said of the nutritional tagging system.

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Winn-Dixie inks deal with Green Secure Solutions

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Through a new exclusive agreement with Green Secure Solutions, Winn-Dixie is implementing a patent-pending process to clean, sanitize and protect shopping carts, hand baskets, handicap carts, food trays and other equipment at its 484 stores.

Winn-Dixie said Green Secure Solutions’ mobile sanitizing units act like a car wash, where shopping carts and other equipment are cleaned with a high-temperature, pressurized shower sterilized with hydrogen peroxide and ultraviolet light. The retailer said by using this process, it can assure customers’ health is protected.

"This service protects our customers’ health by using an environmentally safe product that continues to kill bacteria and other microorganisms for six months between treatments," said Mary Kellmanson, Winn-Dixie group VP marketing. "Green Secure Solutions has serviced every one of our stores, and now they are beginning a second round of treatments, creating an invisible shield that provides additional protection for our customers and the food they’re buying."

We at Fleet Cleaning Supply have invented a Grocery Cart Sanitizing System called the Germ Annihilator that will kill 99.8% of the Germs on a Grocery Cart etc. as they come in from the parking lot an passed through a 4.5 ft. tunnel.Not one at a time , but a many as you choose to push through. The unit uses about 16 Sq. ft of space and uses only (1) 120 Volt grounded outlet.It uses UVC to accomplish this. The testing was done at EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENTAL LABRATORY to insure the above results. Paten is Pending. To view the unit go www.fleetsupply.org We refer to it as the GREEN MACHINE because it generates no waste and no Wipes to be disposed of.Surveys have indicated a Grocery Cart is used 7 times per day ,this means it would be degermed 7 times per day. Its that simple

SAN DIEGO — The nurse practitioner-staffed retail clinic concept has sparked a revolution in health care, and now even physicians are re-examining the model to find new ways to create value and improve healthcare delivery.

According to a recent Sign On San Diego article, San Diego already has a number of urgent care centers that are open into the evening and on weekends for walk-in patients, most of which are run by large medical groups. However, Doctors Express, the only for-profit national urgent care franchise in the country, has opened two offices in San Diego County since November 2010, and is expecting continued growth.

Doctors Express, which was founded in Maryland in 2006, requires partnerships between a business manager and physician, who serves as a medical director, typically overseeing several other doctors and medical assistants.

Doctors Express CEO Peter Ross told Sign On San Diego that the company has 34 franchises in 18 states, with an additional 40 centers slated to open this year.

In addition, some hospitals in that local area have opened “fast-track” units designed to relieve overcrowding in the emergency room.

The article noted that the UCSD Health system has opened what it refers to as urgent care centers within ER departments at UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest and Thornton Hospital in La Jolla.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Peggy Noonan, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and singer Diana Ross now feature on the schedule for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Annual Meeting, slated for April 21-24 in Palm Beach, Fla.

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